In the year 1982
518 Notable deaths
Vinoba Bhave
Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights (1895-1982).
Born September 11th, 1895 in Raigad district.
Died November 15th, 1982 at 87 years old in Wardha.
Virginia Hall
American spy with the british special operations executive (1906-1982).
Born April 6th, 1906 in Baltimore. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1982 at 76 years old in Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center. [ref]
Sobhuza II
King of swaziland (1899-1982).
Born July 22nd, 1899 in Zombodze.
Died August 21st, 1982 at 83 years old in Mbabane.
James Broderick
Actor (1927-1982).
Born March 7th, 1927 in Sullivan County. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1982 at 55 years old in New Haven (cancer). [ref]
Gala Dalí
Wife of, first, paul éluard, then salvador dalí.
Born September 7th, 1894 in Kazan.
Died June 10th, 1982 at 87 years old in Port Lligat (disease).
Alma Reville
British screenwriter, film editor, and wife of alfred hitchcock.
Born August 14th, 1899 in Nottingham.
Died July 6th, 1982 at 82 years old in Bel Air.
Arthur Rubinstein
Polish-american classical pianist (1887-1982).
Born January 28th, 1887 in Łódź. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1982 at 95 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Carl Orff
German composer.
Born July 10th, 1895 in Munich. [ref]
Died March 29th, 1982 at 86 years old in Munich (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Anna Freud
Austrian-british psychoanalyst & essayist.
Born December 3rd, 1895 in Vienna.
Died October 9th, 1982 at 86 years old in London.
John Cheever
American novelist and short story writer (1912-1982).
Born May 27th, 1912 in Quincy. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1982 at 70 years old in Ossining (kidney cancer). [ref]
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The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain